Sunday, December 10, 2006

APS Leaders model only hypocrisy

As role models for 98,000 of our sons and daughters, do the leaders of APS have any responsibility to model accountability to the standard to which they hold students accountable?

Because if they do; they aren’t.

The new, lower standard of conduct written and adopted by APS Leadership as their standard of conduct says, “Employees of the Albuquerque Public Schools shall serve as positive role models for students and set good examples in conduct…”

“Positive role model” and "good example" are muddy standards. They are made to order for those whose interests lie in evading accountability.

When the leadership of APS holds students accountable to a higher standard than their own;

And when they cannot demonstrate by their record, honest accountability to any standard of conduct at all;

And when they have refused for the tenth time to accept honest accountability to a meaningful standard of conduct;

And when they removed “…in no case shall the standard of conduct for an adult be less than the standard for students…” from their own code of conduct;

I would argue that they are not “positive role models”; that they are not setting a “good example”.

The senior administration, the board and Modrall don’t have to argue anything at all; because they are not accountable; to anyone.

By their record, they cannot show accountability even to the law.

They cannot show a system in place in the APS where a senior administrator or board member is subject to a principled resolution of a complaint made against them.

Ten times they have refused honest accountability to any meaningful standard of conduct.

What more proof do you need?

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